City Council approved the adoption of a new purchasing policy at its October 22, 2018 meeting, the measure recommended by the Standing Policy Committee on Finance.

The new policy, which takes effect December 1, 2018, now reflects best practices for public procurement, and brings the City’s policy into compliance with trade treaty obligations. It draws on criteria from federal and provincial procurement rules and will use ‘best value’ rather than lowest price in the procurement of civic goods and services for the City.

Household hazardous waste includes corrosive, flammable or poisonous materials like aerosols, cleaning products, pesticides, fertilizers and more. Putting these materials in your garbage or recycling, or pouring them down your drain, contaminates water and landfills.

Take care of your household hazardous waste responsibly by bringing it to our next Household Hazardous Waste Drop-off Day on SUNDAY, October 28, 2018.

At the beginning of October, the City launched a new Halloween promotion to support healthy and active children in Saskatoon. The promotion generated tremendous enthusiasm for the Halloween alternative, and Leisure Centres quickly ran out of the coupons, which were being offered to customers to hand out to children when they come trick or treating at the end of the month.

Yellow Quill First Nation announced today the successful creation of a new urban reserve in downtown Saskatoon. Yellow Quill First Nation received notification from the Government of Canada of the successful status change for the property located at 224 4th Avenue South. The building is home to the First Nations Bank of Canada and is located adjacent to Yellow Quill First Nation’s original urban reserve in Saskatoon, located at 240 4th Avenue South.

The 2019 Preliminary Business Plan and Budget proposes to keep service levels up while being able to put money into the needed infrastructure and priorities citizens want and need today and for the future. It invests in the actions and projects outlined by City Council’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan to ensure that Saskatoon remains a great place to live, work, learn and play.

The City will accept one of two gold Infrastructure awards at this year’s National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships. The award, in recognition of the Bridging to Tomorrow project, will be presented by the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) at the organization’s annual conference in Toronto on November 5, 2018.

Saskatoon will have a city-wide curbside organics program for single-family households, which is expected to launch in 2020. City Council voted in favour of the initiative at its regular business meeting on Monday, October 22.

With the rotating Canadian Post service delivery disruptions planned across Canada, the City of Saskatoon would like residents to know that at City Hall ‘it’s business as usual.’

Residents are strongly encouraged to use the following payment options with respect to their utilities, parking tickets, invoices and pet licencing to ensure that payments continue to be made on time, should Saskatoon be affected.